First Church Of Christ Scientist

First Church Of Christ Scientist is a church at 42 W Park Pl in Newark, DE 19711. It is one of 106 churches in Newark.

The Church of Christ, Scientist began in 1879 when Mary Baker Eddy and her students voted to form “a church without creeds…to commemorate the word and works of our Master [Christ Jesus], which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.”

Serving since 1896

42 W Park Pl, Newark, DE, 19711

Phone: (302) 456-5808 · Website: https://christiansciencewilmington.org/

First Church Of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Church Of Christ Scientist

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Poverty Rate: 42.1%
  • Social Isolation: 38.9%
  • Depression: 28.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%
  • Unemployment: 7.3% (2.7–12.1%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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